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' H. E. SCOTT COMB Filed May 12, 1926 WWW wwwmnnm Patented Jan. 25, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COMB.

Application filed May 12,

The invention is an improvement in toilet combs such as are used by barbers, marcellers, and other persons in cutting hair. Its objects are: to make it easy to cut and trim hair around the ear; to save time in cutting and trimming hair by holding the ear out of the way; and to facilitate hair cutting by the individual himself.

Reference is made to the attached drawings:

Figure 1 is a side View of the comb. In general outline the comb is similar to a carpenters square. A is the long part, or body. and B is the short part, or oti'set. As shown,

A and B are one rigid piece; they may, however, be joined together in any usual manner whereby the angle of junction may be retained. A and B have teeth throughout the length of each; as shown, the teeth are shorter at the corner where these two parts join, but this is not essential.

The teeth may be fine or coarse, but preferably the teeth of B and theteeth of that half of A which joins B are fine, While the teeth of the remaining half of A are coarse,

as indicated in Figure 1. V

1926. Serial No. 108,545.

The comb may be made of metal, hard rubher, or other suitable material, and the angle between the parts A and B may be a right angle, as shown, or may be acute or obtuse as desired.

Figure 2 shows the method of using the comb in cutting hair over and around the ear. The long part of the comb holds the ear down wihle the short part is slipped under the edge of the hair, making it ready for cutting.

I claim: a

1. A toilet or barbers comb, consisting of two combs, said combs being, in use, rigidly attached together at one longitudinal end of each, forming an angle between them substantially less than 180 degrees.

2. A toilet or barbers comb, consisting of a main portion having teeth and an ofiset having teeth, said offset being shorter than said main portion and being rigidly attached thereto at approximately a right angle thereto.the teeth of both main portion and oflset projecting outwardly with relation to the angle formed.

HOWARD E. SCOTT. 

